Grammar Gazette_Issue1_2025

FROM THE STUDENTS

Finding her story in history VISUAL ARTS

Students reflected on how their personal memories were entwined with the history and architecture of Girls Grammar in a Term 1 project called My Story My School. Inspired by the School’s 150 Years milestone, the unit tasked Year 8 students with producing stylised lino prints to capture a School scene that held special significance to them.

My Locker Chloe Dawes (8B)

A Centre of Opportunities Ivy Cai (8R)

I chose to use a light blue and a navy blue to represent the Girls Grammar uniform, and chose a pink to draw your eye to the focal point of my print. My Year 7 locker holds a significant meaning to me.

I go to the Sports Centre every day. I play Volleyball, my favourite sport and hobby, with friends I made through class and through the sport. The Sports Centre is a big part of my life at School … it also fosters my love for Volleyball by just being open to students of BGGS.

New Journey Though the Same Archway Summer Thomes (8B) My final design was purposefully elaborated by the use of the repetition of different geometric shapes in places like the ground, where dimension was created, and the arches of the doorway draws people's eyes to the middle. This was inspired by my first time I walked through Main Building, I saw the irreplaceable imagery of the exterior, with decorated archways that create character.

Modern Art Main Building Glynnis Guo (8G)

Our Wild Residents Stephanie McLaughlin (8G) My artwork features an ibis foraging on the path beside Main Building. This depicts my love for birds and shows that despite the School being located in the heart of Brisbane, there is still an abundance of wildlife that thrives, including pigeons, possums, magpies, water dragons and, of course, ibis.

My lino print design captures the idealistic interpretation of the Main Building at Brisbane Girls Grammar School, symbolising the history and memorable moments throughout the School's timeline. I have adjusted my colours to create a harmonical clash, to evoke an emotional response and mood.

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Brisbane Girls Grammar School